Monthly Archives: July 2016

summer has finally arrived!With school getting out late, and the on and off again weather, this summer certainly took way too long to get going. Better late than never though and with the forecast for this week looking superb, it’s time to come and get some serious pool time in. Please note the early pool closer coming this Sunday though.

adult team
Coming up on the weekend we have the Adult Meet on Saturday morning at Sand Point and the Adult Team Potluck Dinner will also be happening later that evening at 6pm here on the upper deck.

kid team
Don’t forget that the kids’ swim team almost end of the season celebration will be on Sunday, July 31st. The pool will be closing at 4pm on Sunday for this event. Details were emailed to the swim team but here’s the gist:

watershow
The Watershow will be on August 27th this year. Sign-ups will be posted by the end of this week and practices will begin on or around August 17th.

aerobics
We are trying to work out a schedule so that Aerobics can continue a bit longer. More information to come.

See you at the pool!
—Raab

Dates to remember:

August 20th – Adult Party 2.0 – This will be an after 7pm event.

August 23rd – Our senior members will be having a dessert potluck starting at 7pm. More information will be coming down the road.

August 27th – Watershow

Monday, July 25th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 12-12:45pm

Hrs: 1-9pm

Girls’ Prelims @ VR

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Adult Team 8-9pm (south end of pool will be closed)

Tuesday, July 26th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 8-8:45am

Hrs: 1-9pm

Boys’ Prelims @ KL

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Wednesday, July 27th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 12-12:45pm

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Boys’ team night 8-9pm

Adult Team 8-9pm (south end of pool will be closed)

Thursday, July 28th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 8-8:45am

Hrs: 1-9pm

Northern Division @ Innis Arden

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Friday, July 29th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 12-12:45pm

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Saturday, July 30th

Adult Meet @ Sand Point

Hrs: 12-9pm

Adult Team Potluck – upper deck 6pm

Sunday, July 31st

Hrs: 12-4pm

Swim Team end of season event 6pm

Adult TeamAdult team practice is Monday and Wednesday nights from 8-9pm.

Family Swim Family Swim runs weekdays from 5:30-7:00pm. This is a quieter time at the club, perfect for families with small children. Keep in mind that those swimmers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult family member during the Family Swim time.

Teen SwimTeen Swim is daily after 7pm. Teen members can bring in two guests for only $2.50 per guest. These do not count against the guest allotment.

Here is the information about the Adult Swim Meet on Saturday, July 30th.

Sign-up forms are on the bulletin board at the pool or you can send your events to Karin Fosberg atmajeau@hotmail.comRemember to include your age, estimated time for the event, and whether you want to be in any relays.

There will be a adult team potluck in the evening on Saturday, July 30th at 6:00pm. All participants in the workouts and/or swim meet are invited to attend with their families. Please bring a dish for 12 to share, your own plates/utensils & drinks.

Eligibility:

All SSSL Northern Division swim clubs are invited to send their teams.

Each swimmer should be a member or employee of the SSSL club he or she represents, and must be 19 years old or older.

There will be a 30-minute warm-up following the completion of the 500’s. Main events will follow the warm-up but will not start earlier than 9:00 am

Order of Events:

Women’s 500 Free

Men’s 500 Free

Women’s 200 Medley Relay

Men’s 200 Medley Relay

Mixed 100 Medley Relay

Women’s 50 Free

Men’s 50 Free

Women’s 50 Back

Men’s 50 Back

Women’s 50 Breast

Men’s 50 Breast

Women’s 50 Fly

Men’s 50 Fly

Women’s 100 Free

Men’s 100 Free

Women’s 25 Free

Men’s 25 Free

Women’s 25 Back

Men’s 25 Back

Women’s 25 Breast

Men’s 25 Breast

Women’s 25 Fly

Men’s 25 Fly

Women’s 100 IM

Men’s 100 IM

Mixed 100 Free Relay

Women’s 200 Free Relay

Men’s 200 Free Relay

Please include a time for each event entered by a swimmer. They will be pre-seeding the meet and having seed times will help in arranging heats. Entries without times will be seeded in earlier heats and may result in missed racing opportunities. They will not be using cards for the meet. Please use the heat sheet to find your heat and lane.

Relays: Relay points will be awarded in three age groups: 19-29, 30-39, and 40+. The youngest swimmer shall determine the age group of the relay. Please make sure to include ages for the swimmers.

Number of Events: All swimmers are limited to 4 events (either 3 individual/1 relay or 2 individual/2 relays).

Scoring: Individual Events 7-5-4-3-2-1 Relays 14-10-8-6-4-2

Awards: There will be no ribbons this year. Trophies will be awarded to the top four (4) teams in over-all scoring.

Rules: Current U.S. Swimming masters Rules will govern this competition.

Concessions: There will be light concessions available from 9 AM until 11 AM

Noise: Sand Point is in a residential neighborhood; please respect our neighbors with limited noise during warm-up and the early hours of the adult meet.

Cake, Cake, Cake!
A big thank you to all that took some time away from playing Pokémon Go to participate in our annual cake bake event. We had some very creative and delicious entries!

One last meet, here anyway…
The dual meet season wraps up this week with our last home meet of the season against View Ridge. Come cheer on our seniors as they swim one last time here at WW. Please note we will be setting up some of the lap lanes prior to the meet but will leave a couple of them out as well this time around too. We’ll also be closing a bit earlier at 3:50 as we have a little bit of extra set up and prep for the senior festivities. Warm-up at 4:50, senior thing at 5:50, meet start 6pm.

Bag?
If you have not ordered your swim team duffel bag yet, today. Monday, July 18th is your last day to do so. As of 10:15am this morning we only have 4 on order.

Party time!It’s been a long time coming but this Saturday will be our first adult party of the season. The event will get under way at 7pm on the upper deck. Come by for a micro-brew and some munchies while at the same time we’ll be having an anything goes event in the pool for the kids along with an ice cream bar. The weather looks pretty promising too… finally! Please note the lap lanes will not be in after 7pm during this event.

See you at the pool!—Raab

Dates to remember:

July 30th – Adult Meet in the morning at Sand Point, The Adult Team Potluck Dinner will also be happening later that evening at 6pm at WW.

July 31st – The Swim Team, the kids, will be having their almost end of the season celebration event. Details will be coming.

August 23rd – Our senior members will be having a dessert potluck starting at 7pm. More information will be coming down the road.

August 27th – Watershow

Monday, July 18th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 12-12:45pm

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Adult Team 8-9pm (south end of pool will be closed)

Tuesday, July 19th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 8-8:45am

Hrs: 1-3:50pm

Home Meet vs View Ridge – Warm-up 4:50pm

Wednesday, July 20th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Member lesson registration for Session 3 – 8:30am

Aerobics 12-12:45pm

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Girls’ team night 8-9:30pm

Adult Team 8-9pm (south end of pool will be closed)

Thursday, July 21st

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 8-8:45am

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Friday, July 22nd

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 12-12:45pm

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

B-Champs at Aqua Club – WW warm up at 8am – meet start 9am

Saturday, July 23rd

Coaches mini-clinics – throughout the morning

Hrs: 12-10pm

Adult Party – upper deck 7-10pm

Almost Anything Goes starts at 7pm – no lap lanes during this swim.

Sunday, July 24th

Hrs: 12-9pm

Adult TeamAdult team practice is Monday and Wednesday nights from 8-9pm.

Family Swim Family Swim runs weekdays from 5:30-7:00pm. This is a quieter time at the club, perfect for families with small children. Keep in mind that those swimmers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult family member during the Family Swim time.

Teen SwimTeen Swim is daily after 7pm. Teen members can bring in two guests for only $2.50 per guest. These do not count against the guest allotment.

A little late I am in this weekly email update. Better late than never though and at this point I’m hoping we’ll be able to say the same thing about our summer as well.

Believe it or not the half-way day of the season is this coming Wednesday. How did that happen?

Sign-ins at the pool are down 36% comparing this year to last, but comparing anything to last year is probably not a fair comparison.

This Tuesday and Thursday will likely be two of the quietest evenings at the pool all summer long as the Wedgwood Swim Team hits the road for two away meets.

The Cake Bake is coming up this Saturday evening – this year’s theme is Pixar. Cakes should arrive between 6-6:58pm. Viewing starts at 7pm, followed by judging and then the eating of course. There will also be an Almost Anything Goes from 7-9:30pm during this time and please note that the lap lanes will not be in during this time.

Bake that cake…

See you at the pool!—Raab

Dates to remember:

July 30th – Adult Meet in the morning at Sand Point, The Adult Team Potluck Dinner will also be happening later that evening at 6pm at WW.

July 31st – The Swim Team, the kids, will be having their almost end of the season celebration event. Details will be coming.

August 23rd – Our senior members will be having a dessert potluck starting at 7pm. More information will be coming down the road.

August 27th – Watershow

Monday, July 11th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 12-12:45pm

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Adult Team 8-9pm (south end of pool will be closed)

Tuesday, July 12th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 8-8:45am

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Away Meet at Sand Point warm up @ 5:30

Wednesday, July 13th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 12-12:45pm

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Adult Team 8-9pm (south end of pool will be closed)

Thursday, July 14th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 8-8:45am

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Away Meet at Sheridan Beach – warm up @ 5:30pm

Friday, July 15th

Early Morning Lap Swim 6-7am

Aerobics 12-12:45pm

Hrs: 1-9pm

Family Swim 5:30-7pm

Saturday, July 16th

Hrs: 12-9:30pm

Cake Bake – Cakes should arrive at pool 6-6:58, Viewing at 7pm, judging and eating after that

Almost Anything Goes 7-9:30pm

Sunday, July 17th

Hrs: 12-9pm

Adult TeamAdult team practice is Monday and Wednesday nights from 8-9pm.

Family Swim Family Swim runs weekdays from 5:30-7:00pm. This is a quieter time at the club, perfect for families with small children. Keep in mind that those swimmers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult family member during the Family Swim time.

Teen SwimTeen Swim is daily after 7pm. Teen members can bring in two guests for only $2.50 per guest. These do not count against the guest allotment.

Even with the short week there’s plenty going on at the pool this week. Member registration for the second session of lessons will be on Wednesday morning starting at 8:30am. The adult team will also try to work out in the water on Wednesday and there will be a home meet on Thursday. Saturday night is the overnighter, sign up and get your form at the pool office.

The following week we will have two away meets, and mark your calendar, the Cake Bake will be on the 16th – this year’s theme is Pixar.

I’ve heard that the outdoor shower has been life-changing for some of you. A big shout out to Jeff Haven and his brother who took on the task of getting it installed!

That’s it for now…

See you at the pool!
—Raab

Adult Team
Adult team practice is Monday and Wednesday nights from 8-9pm.

Family Swim
Family Swim runs weekdays from 5:30-7:00pm. This is a quieter time at the club, perfect for families with small children. Keep in mind that those swimmers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult family member during the Family Swim time.

Teen Swim
Teen Swim is daily after 7pm. Teen members can bring in two guests for only $2.50 per guest. These do not count against the guest allotment.